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Definitions of draw
noun The result of a contest that neither side has won; a tie.
Example: The game ended in a draw.
noun The procedure by which the result of a lottery is determined.
Example: The draw is on Saturday.
noun Something that attracts e.g. a crowd.
noun The result of a two-innings match in which at least one side did not complete all their innings before time ran out (as distinguished from a tie).
noun A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the left. See hook, slice, fade.
noun A shot that is intended to land gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones; cf. takeout.
noun A dry stream bed that drains surface water only during periods of heavy rain or flooding.
noun A bag of cannabis.
noun Cannabis.
noun In a commission-based job, an advance on future (potential) commissions given to an employee by the employer.
noun A situation in which one or more players has four cards of the same suit or four out of five necessary cards for a straight and requires a further card to make their flush or straight.
noun The act of pulling back the strings in preparation of firing.
noun The spin or twist imparted to a ball etc. by a drawing stroke.
verb To move or develop something.
verb To exert or experience force.
verb (fluidic) To remove or separate or displace.
verb To change in size or shape.
verb To attract or be attracted.
verb (usually as draw on or draw upon) To rely on; utilize as a source.
Example: She had to draw upon her experience to solve the problem.
verb To disembowel.
verb To end a game in a draw (with neither side winning).
Example: We drew last time we played. I drew him last time I played him. I drew my last game against him.
verb To choose by means of a random selection process.
verb To make a shot that lands gently in the house (the circular target) without knocking out other stones.
verb To play (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket.
verb To hit (the ball) with the toe of the club so that it is deflected toward the left.
verb To strike (the cue ball) below the center so as to give it a backward rotation which causes it to take a backward direction on striking another ball.